Mycobacterium obuense

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 36

Description of Mycobacterium obuense C6-12

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are entire, circular, convex and light orange colored after 3 days on ISP2 agar at 30° C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, Larabinose, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Weakly utilize the potassium gluconate. Strain C 6-12 (= NIBRBAC000498030) has been isolated from a natural cave, Jeju, Korea.